A case of dystonia with onset during pregnancy

• Published in: Journal of the neurological sciences Vol. 260; no. 1; pp. 265 - 266
• Main Authors: Buccoliero, Rosaria, Palmeri, Silvia, Malandrini, Alessandro, Dotti, Maria Teresa, Federico, Antonio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier B.V 15-09-2007; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adult; Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; Central Nervous System - drug effects; Central Nervous System - physiopathology; Clonazepam - therapeutic use; Diseases of striated muscles. Neuromuscular diseases; Dystonia; Dystonia - drug therapy; Dystonia - etiology; Dystonia - physiopathology; Estrogens; Female; Foot - innervation; Foot - physiopathology; Humans; Hypothyroidism - complications; Hypothyroidism - physiopathology; Medical sciences; Movement disorders; Muscle, Skeletal - drug effects; Muscle, Skeletal - innervation; Muscle, Skeletal - physiopathology; Neck - innervation; Neck - physiopathology; Neurology; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications - drug therapy; Pregnancy Complications - physiopathology; Prognosis; Treatment Outcome; Tremor - complications; Tremor - physiopathology; Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses; Pregnancy; Dystonia; Estrogens; Movement disorders; Nervous system diseases; Estrogen; Ovarian hormone; Cerebral disorder; Involuntary movement; Striated muscle disease; Central nervous system disease; Sex steroid hormone; Neurological disorder; Extrapyramidal syndrome
• ISSN: 0022-510X; 1878-5883
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.04.008

Abstract We report the clinical and therapeutic approach of a case of ‘dystonia gravidarum’. The patient came to our observation with neck and bilateral feet dystonia, appearing after the onset of pregnancy. She was treated with clonazepam, 0.5 mg three times a day, during the pregnancy. After delivery of a healthy full-term child by caesarean section, she was completely able to turn her neck to either side.